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Analysis of human sarcospan as a candidate gene for CFEOM1.
BMC genetics - 1 Jan 2001
O'Brien K F, Engle E C, Kunkel L M
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BACKGROUND: Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1) is an autosomal dominant eye movement disorder linked to the pericentromere of chromosome 12 (12p11.2 - q12). Sarcospan is a member of the dystrophin associated protein complex in skeletal and extraocular muscle and maps to human chromosome 12p11.2. Mutations in the genes encoding each of the other components of the skeletal muscle...
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